National Women's Soccer League 2013 / Supplemental Draft

The NWSL Supplemental Draft for the 2013 season was first carried out on February 7, 2013. Representatives of eight on the first season of NWSL participating franchises were there as part of a conference call to take in six rounds players under contract.

The supplemental draft represented the fourth stage in the franchise squad planning , after the so-called player allocation , the 2013 college draft and a phase in which players could be hired as free agents .

process

The eight participating franchises were put into a fixed draft order in advance of the event. By February 1, each participant had to submit a list of eight to ten players from which the draft pool was formed. These players were allowed to be both US and international players. However, each franchise was allowed to sign a maximum of two international players (not counting the national players of Canada and Mexico assigned in the player allocation).

Draft order

1. Washington Spirit
2. Seattle Reign FC
3. Boston Breakers
4. Chicago Red Stars
5. Sky Blue FC
6. Kansas City FC
7. Western New York Flash
8. Portland Thorns FC

Result

	1 round	2nd round	3rd round	4th round	5th round	6th round
Washington Spirit	Stephanie Ochs	Tori Huster	Jordan Angeli	Natasha Kai	Megan Mischler	Heather Cooke
Seattle Reign FC	Nikki Krzysik	Lauren Barnes	Laura Heyboer	Liz Bogus	Michelle Betos	Kaley Fountain
Boston Breakers	Joanna Lohman	Katie Schoepfer	Bianca D'Agostino	Jasmyne Spencer	Lauren Alkek	Jessica Luscinski
Chicago Red Stars	Lindsay Tarpley	Lauren Fowlkes	Michelle Wenino	Jackie Santacaterina	Alyssa Mautz	-
Sky Blue FC	Katy Freels	Brittany Cameron	Courtney Goodson	Meghan Lenczyk	Kandace Wilson	Allison Falk
Kansas City FC	Courtney Jones	Bianca Henninger	Merritt Mathias	Casey Loyd	Christina DiMartino	Casey Berrier
Western New York Flash	Estelle Johnson	Angela Salem	Kimberly Yokers	Valerie Henderson	Ashley Grove	-
Portland Thorns FC	Tina Ellertson	Angie Kerr	Michele Weissenhofer	Marian Dougherty	Jessica Shufelt	-

The Chicago Red Stars , Western New York Flash and Portland Thorns FC franchises waived their option in the sixth and final round of the draft.

consequences

After the implementation of the Supplemental Draft, each franchise could sign up to four previously uncontracted players as so-called discovery players . This included players who were in the draft pool but who were ultimately not committed. At the start of the season on April 13, 2013, the individual team squads had to be between 18 and 20 players.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} NWSL SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT TO COMMENCE AT NOON ET ON FEB. 7 ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ussoccer.com (English). Retrieved September 23, 2013.